Colin Firth is a classically trained British theatre actor, and a veteran of television and film. Most recently, Colin has starred in Doug Lefler’s The Last Legion, Kirk Jones’ Nanny McPhee, Atom Egoyan’s Where The Truth Lies, and reprised his role as dashing Mark Darcy in the hit British comedy Bridget Jones; The Edge of Reason. He charmed audiences worldwide when he first starred as Darcy opposite Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001. He recently completed filming Then She Found Me, written, directed by, and co-starring Helen Hunt, and Griffin Dunne’s The Accidental Husband, opposite Uma Thurman. Prior to this Colin starred in the psychological thriller Trauma, opposite Mena Suvari, and Girl With a Pearl Earring, based on the best-selling novel by Tracy Chevalier, as the 17th century artist Johannes Vermeer opposite Scarlett Johansson and Tom Wilkinson. In October 2003, he appeared in the Working Title production Love Actually, written and directed by Richard Curtis, together with Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney and Keira Knightley. In 2002, Colin starred opposite Rupert Everett and Reese Witherspoon in the Miramax film, The Importance of Being Earnest.

In 1998, Colin portrayed Lord Wessex in Shakespeare in Love, the evil intended husband to Violet De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow). In 1996, he appeared in the multi-Oscar® nominated film, The English Patient, opposite Kristen Scott Thomas and Ralph Fiennes. His other film credits include What a Girl Wants, Hope Springs, Relative Values, A Thousand Acres (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange), Apartment Zero, My Life So Far, The Secret Laughter of Women, Fever Pitch, Circle of Friends, Playmaker and the title role in Milos Forman’s Valmont.

On the small screen, Colin is infamous for his 1995 breakout role, as Mr. Darcy in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, (he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and legions of female admirers). Colin’s most recent television appearances were in Dominic Savage’s Born Equal, a BBC drama, which followed the stories of ordinary British people affected in different ways by homelessness and poverty, and Celebration, written by Harold Pinter. In March 2004, he starred as the host of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in the critically acclaimed HBO film Conspiracy and has also received the Royal Television Society Best Actor Award and a BAFTA nomination for his work in Tumbledown. His other television credits include Windmills on the Clyde: Making Donovan Quick, Donovan Quick, The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, Deep Blue Sea, Nostromo, Hostages, and Tumbledown. He made his London stage debut in the West End production of Another Country playing Bennett; he was then chosen to play the character Judd in the 1984 film adaptation opposite Rupert Everett.